Eschatology

Instructor: Joe Whitchurch

Joe Whitchurch has been a student of the Bible since 1973, focusing on apologetics, evangelism, and creative use of arts in outreach and discipleship. He came to faith in Christ as a young college student and now holds a Master of Arts degree in Christian Thought and Systematic Theology and a Philosophy of Religion degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Joe has served with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in various parts of the world, ministering to undergraduates, grad students, international students, and faculty.

Course description

The objective of this class is to gain a biblical understanding a last things and how such can change your life and the life of those around you, by exalting Jesus Christ who is the Alpha AND Omega. With this class, as with all future classes, our hope is that when you are finished you will have a greater love for the word of God, the people of God, the gospel of God, and God’s sure prerogatives in the world which will ultimately prevail. The goal is a growing love for God and His word that compels you to study, worship, love, witness, and serve more with confidence in the God who knows and holds the future. It is not our desire to increase your knowledge as an end in itself which puffs up, but to increase your knowledge so that you can see the magnificence of your God and Savior and grow in Him. Colossians 1:28

COURSE PLAN:

CLASS 1. After Death and Afterlife CLASS 2. Final Judgment and Other judgments CLASS 3. Rapture of the Church CLASS 4. Earth under the wrath of God, Great Tribulation. CLASS 5. God’s 144,000+ people during the Great Tribulation CLASS 6. Millennial Kingdom CLASS 7. New Heaven and EarthCLASS 8. Eschatology, Future Kingdom, Temple etc in the Older Testament.CLASS 9. Review and the huge question of Eschatology today e.g. So what? What difference does it really make? CLASS 10. A practical and transformational (as opposed to escapist) apologetic for Eschatology.CLASS 11. Class Presentations or ProjectsCLASS 12. Eschatology and how it enlivens other major doctrines, Last of the Class Presentations or Projects